Dell EMC OpenManage CIM Reference Guide Version 9.3.1

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CIM_Sensor

CIM_Sensor

The CIM_Sensor class described in Table below contains hardware devices capable of measuring the characteristics of some physical property, for example, the temperature or voltage characteristics of a computer system

The following table describes the properties and data type of the CIM Sensor class.

Class Name:CIM_Sensor

Parent Class:CIM_LogicalDevice

Table 1. CIM_Sensor PropertiesThe following table describes the properties and data type of the CIM Sensor class.
Property	Description	Data Type
SensorType	Indicates the type of the sensor, for example, voltage or temperature sensor. Values for the SensorType property are: 0 - Unknown 1 - Other 2 - Temperature sensors measure the environmental temperature. 3 - Voltage sensors measure electrical voltage. 4 - Current sensors measure current readings. 5 - Tachometers measure speed/revolutions of a device. For example, a fan device can have an associated tachometer that measures its speed. 6 - Batteries maintain the time and date and save the system’s BIOS configuration when the system is turned off.	uint16
OtherSensorType	Description Indicates the type of sensor when the SensorType property is set to Other.	string
PossibleStates	Enumerates the string outputs of the sensor. For example, a NumericSensor can report states based on threshold readings.	string
CurrentState	Indicates the current state of the sensor. This value is always one of the Possible States.	string
PollingInterval	Indicates the polling interval, in nanoseconds, that the sensor hardware or instrumentation uses to determine the current state of the sensor.	uint64